
          Six plants from him & have
sent him in return a large
collection fr [from] continental Europe,
which I hope he will receive
by October. Remember me
to him when you write.

Greene has been here & enriched
me by Aster gracilis fr [from] New Jersey
& [Tripalm? Flexerasum?]. [Like?] --
I hear nothing fr [from] Hooker
Bentham has gone to
Italy. We are having
a portrait & enframing 
of our Master Brown executed.

I hope Elliott's Herbm [Herbarium] is taken
care of. I think you who would 
find its value should enquire
about it. Is there any memoir
of E. [Elliott] written? He should not
be allowed to pass to oblivion. Our 
Country is to surpass all Europe.
In this our infancy we should 
        